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Innocent Flowers: Women in the Edwardian Theatre Kindle Edition

by Julie Holledge (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The Edwardian actress, glamorous and privileged, was the sex symbol of her time. Yet her life was a paradox: off stage she could marry, divorce and take lovers with impugnity; on stage she had to play dutiful wives or daughters or 'scarlet women'.

Thousands of these spirited women set out to change the conventional roles they played - and to change the world. Some of them were famous - Athene Seyler, Kitty Marion, Elizabeth Robins, Edy Craig, many others unknown. Managing their own companies, they put on hundreds of plays all over the country - many on taboo subjects such as divorce, sex, venereal disease, prostitution - by little known playwrights as well as established dramatists like Shaw, Ibsen, Barrie. They took the establishment theatre by storm; and they made their mark on the political stage too, forming the Actresses' Franchise League and joining the battle for the vote.

Innocent Flowers tells the story of these astonishing women (and includes some of their plays). By tracing their lives and loves, Julie Holledge has rediscovered an inspiring period in the history of women and the theatre.

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    Virago
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    April 11, 2013
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    464 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BXKON90
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Virago (April 11, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 11, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 464 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 215 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0860680711
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PatsyT
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2021
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If you are interested as I am in Edwardian theatre and the part women played in it, then this is a definite recommendation. The book focuses mostly on the women behind the scenes, many of whom I had never heard of, who were among other things responsible for introducing Ibsen in his original form to nervous London audiences. The author also describes the beginnings of the Actresses' Franchise League, which I had also never heard of before. Widely-researched and very readable.
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Fascinating book and very good service.
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